New Patient Registration

If you wish to register with the practice please complete a registration form for each person registering. Once you have completed your registration form you will need to attend the health centre and produce your I.D and verification of where you currently live.

In addition, all patients will be asked to complete a new patient questionnaire, allowing us to provide medical care in the interim period, while your medical records are transferred from your old practice to this one. All forms can be found on the above “How To Register As A Patient” tab.

In the event that you are a foreign national, we will also ask to see your passport and visa to ascertain whether you will be eligible to receive free NHS treatment.

Facilities and Access

Disabled Access

Our Health Centre building is fully accessible to disabled patients. We have dedicated disabled parking spaces for our exclusive use located outside the main entrance to Asda.

First of all, you will need to check with the receptionists that you live in our catchment area. In order to register you will also need to provide evidence of your identity (e.g. passport or driving licence) and evidence of your address (e.g. paid utilities bill, council tax bill, tenancy agreement)

When you register you will also be asked to complete a New Patient Questionnaire. This can be given to you, at the time, by our Reception staff but, if you would prefer to print it off and complete your form in advance please do so.

It may take some time before your medical notes reach us from your previous practice. The information that you provide on your New Patient Questionnaire is essential for your new GP, and enables them to continue your health care whilst we await your notes.

Please note that unless you are a UK Resident you cannot be registered as a permanent patient at this Practice. If you are a non-permanent UK resident you may be able to register as a Temporary Patient if you have an urgent need to see a GP. You may be asked for additional evidence of status, such as a visa or work permit, in order to allow you permanent registration.

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Open the leaflets in one of the following languages

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.